How can I stop critters from eating my hostas?
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Cathy
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My hostas and crocuses are pushing up the tips of their leaves and being EATEN by critters--probably rabbits. They are hear and there around the yard so I can't just pop a little chicken wire over them. HELP!
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Put used tea bags around them and no harm to the earth. They disintegrate after a while
Crush egg shells in large pieces around where your plants are and the animals don't like the shells so they will leave your plants alone.
I sprinkle around my plants with cayenne pepper or hot sauce and it deters many critters even cats and dogs!! It won't harm them.
Human hair can be a deterrent ask your local hair dresser i know it seems gross but most wild critters are afraid of us .
Dump the hasta and plant loriope. It's a no win fight with snails and thank goodness snails don't like loriope. It is just as pretty and healthier than hasta. I love it!
Loriope is longer and thinner than hasta. Go to your local garden center and ask to see it next to hasta. Loriope comes in plain and varigated just like hasta and propagates quickly. When it grows too thick and needs to be thinned, you can pull/dig it up, separate it, plant it elsewhere on our property, and it should thrive. You have seen it in landscaping and just don't realize what it is. Good luck.
Longer pointed, very narrow leaves than hosta. Some are varigated and some are solid. Go to a garden center or Home Depot and Lowe's. They will have it in stock. I don't think there is anything that eats loriope, and you can pull it apart and spread it through your garden because it's very hardy. Plant it, thin it out when necessary and forget it.